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	Vauban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vauban was born in Saint-Léger-de-Foucheret (renamed Saint-Léger-Vauban in his honour), in the département of Yonne, in Burgundy, France, into a family of minor nobility.
		Vauban was named commissaire-general des fortifications on the death of De Clerville, and wrote in 1679 a memorandum on the places of the new frontier, from which it appears that from Dunkirk to Dinant France possessed fifteen fortresses and forts, with thirteen more in second line.
		In 1685, Vauban vocally condemned the repeal of the edict of Nantes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vauban (1641 words)

	Sébastien de Vauban
		Vauban was named commissaire-général des fortifications on the death of De Clerville, and wrote in 1679 a memorandum on the places of the new frontier, from which it appears that from Dunkirk to Dinant France possessed fifteen fortresses and forts, with thirteen more in second line.
		Vauban was deeply impressed with the deplorable condition of the peasantry, whose labor he regarded as the main foundation of all wealth, and protested in particular against the unequal incidence of taxation and the exemptions and privileges of the upper classes.
		Vauban's attention was closely engaged, not only in general military matters, but in political and financial reform and the inland navigation of France.
	www.nndb.com /people/788/000104476 (1600 words)

	Sebastien le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vauban can consequently be regarded as the grandfather of the French engineering tradition.
		In 1685, Vauban vocally condemned the repeal of the edict of Nantes (which led to the persecution of the French Protestants).
		Dismayed by the inefficiency of Colbertisme, Vauban's 1707 tract called for the repeal of all taxes and the imposition of a single tax of 10% on all land and trade with no exemptions.
	cepa.newschool.edu /het/profiles/vauban.htm (282 words)

	Vauban, Freiburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vauban is a new neighborhood of 5000 inhabitants and 600 jobs 4km to the south of the town center in Freiburg, Germany.
		Vauban will be connected to the town center by a tramway.
		Around 40% of the households have agreed to live without their own cars, while others have to leave their vehicles in at the edge of the development.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vauban,_Freiburg (224 words)

	Asia Times
		Vauban was a siege engineer, a military profession that was crucial in the wars of King Louis XIV.
		Vauban was so good at this that the king decided to promote him to marshal in 1703.
		What Vauban didn't reveal until four years later was that, while he had been laying sieges against France's enemies, he had also been conducting secret research into every form of taxation in the country.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/DH15Ag01.html (839 words)

	VAUBAN in N.FRANCE:17th century military engineer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At Lille, Vauban was made Governor and built a new Citadelle 1667-70 to make the regional capital an impregnable stronghold.
		Louis XIV met Vauban during his campaigns, was impressed with his ability, and promoted him swiftly.
		Vauban was banished from the Versailles court, and died in disgrace a year later.
	www.theotherside.co.uk /tm-heritage/background/vauban.htm (826 words)

	Natchitoches.net : Historical Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During the interval of peace, from 1659 to 1667, Vauban was employed in demolishing the fortifications of Nancy, in Ducal Lorraine, from 1661 to 1662 and in fortifying Alt-Breisach, a French outpost on the right bank of the Rhine, from 1664 to 1666.
		Vauban's growing responsibilities included those as "commissary general of fortifications"--though that title remained with the nominal holder of the office until 1677; he travelled constantly and conducted an immense correspondence with the King and with the war minister, the marquis de Louvois.
		Vauban had, however, never commaded an army in the field--as was customary for marshals of France--and was only really capable of "engineering," which was considered beneath a marshal's dignity.
	www.explorenatchitoches.com /bios.php?task=view&articleID=40 (2821 words)

	VAUBAN - LoveToKnow Article on VAUBAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vauban was named corn-missair-general des fortifications on the death of De Clerville, and wrote in 1679 a memorandum on the places of the new frontier, from which it appears that from Dunkirk to Dinant France possessed fifteen fortresses and forts, with thirteen more in second line.
		After the peace of Ryswick Vauban rebuilt or improved other fortresses, and finally New Breisach, fortified on his " third system " which was in fact a modification of the second and was called by Vauban himself systeme de Landau perfectionnt.
		On the i4th of January of that year Vauban had been made a marshal of France, a rank too exalted for the technical direction of sieges, and his active career came to an end with his promotion.
	www.1911ency.org /V/VA/VAUBAN.htm (1688 words)

	Vauban: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vauban was born in Saint-Léger-de-Foucheret (renamed Saint-Léger-Vauban Saint-Léger-Vauban quick summary:
		(Vauban was made an honorary member of the French Academy of Sciences[Click link for more facts about this topic].
		A tax is an involuntary fee paid by individuals or businesses to a state, or to functional equivalents of a state, including tribes, secessionist movements...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/va/vauban.htm (1773 words)

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		Vauban immediately struck Charles as a horror, but steadied by his own boasts of inhumanity, he approached the Vampire and discovered him to be at first incredibly intelligent and polite and then most terribly angered at the defilement of Vauban's home.
		Vauban had to go on the line to protect Erik's neck from the wrath of the Court of Miracles, and Erik lost most of his standing in the Nosferatu as a result.
		Vauban constructed it to be able to thwart the most incidious attacks from the other clans and surrounded the castle with a classic Minosian maze.
	www.identicalsoftware.com /rpg/wod/settings/pax_arcana/pax_arcana.3.txt (6340 words)

	OhioLINK ETD: Ostwald, Jamel
		Vauban perfected and promoted an efficient siege, a "scientific" method of capturing towns that minimized a besieger's casualties, delays and expenses, while also sparing the town's civilian populace.
		How thoroughly Vauban's siege legacy was accepted by the end of Louis's reign is the focus of this study.
		Abandoning the narrow biographical accounts of national figures (Vauban and the English Duke of Marlborough in particular), we discover a larger picture that highlights the many challenges engineers faced when applying his theory to the reality of combat.
	rave.ohiolink.edu /etdc/view?acc_num=osu1039049324 (393 words)

	Vauban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vauban gives you the best of both worlds, the appearance of a shingle tile(the exposure is only 10" - 10 3/4") but because its interlocking you only have 190 pieces per square which saves you time and money on installation.
		Another advantage of Vauban is because of the deep sire and head locks you can safely lay the tile down to a 4/12 or 25
		Vauban has the appearance of a shingle tile, can be safely laid on a low slope pitch, is available in a wide range of really attractive colors and you can have it in Beavertail for the same price.
	www.northernrooftiles.com /Vauban.html (140 words)

	VAUBAN - Online Information article about VAUBAN
		Breisach, fortified on his "third system "—which was in fact a modification of the second and was called by Vauban himself systeme de Landau perfectionne.
		January of that year Vauban had been made a marshal of France, a rank too exalted for the technical direction of sieges, and his active career came to an end with his promotion.
		Vauban's attention was closely engaged, not only in general military matters, but in See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /VAN_VIR/VAUBAN.html (2362 words)

	Overview on the projects of Forum Vauban
		Vauban was used as an army base since the 1930s.
		The NGO "Forum Vauban" was founded in late 1994, became official body of the extended citizen participation in 1995 and has been responsible for the social work since 1999.
		Forum Vauban (the local citizens' association, being the legal body of the extended participation process, as well as being responsible for the social work within the district).
	www.forum-vauban.de /overview.shtml (2570 words)

	Welcome to ... The Marshal Vauban Website
		Marshal Vauban [1633-1707] was one of the great men of his age; arguably one of the greatest of all time.
		Born Sebastien Le Prestre, elevated to the rank and title of Marshal Vauban in later life, he was Louis XIV of France's most valued - and most frequently employed - military engineer.
		The Marshal Vauban Website has been created to assist those interested in the man and his work, and those otherwise generally interested in military history, to learn more about him and place his life in some context.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/6750 (217 words)

	Vauban_military_engineer
		Vauban is the designer of many inventions and military innovations, some of which are explained below.
		Vauban studied artillery equipment and changed bronze-gun inner tubes for more resistant iron ones.
		He also created raised relief maps together with Louvois (Louis XIV's war minister) These scale-models (scale 1/600) of major fortified places and towns are a very important source of information for the historains of geography and architecture.
	www.vaubanecomusee.org /anglais_vaubaningenieurmilitaire.htm (331 words)

	Military Architecture: Neuf-Brisach - NGA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Designed by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Louis XIV's chief military engineer, Neuf-Brisach was one of the most sophisticated defensive designs of the period.
		Vauban envisioned the fortress town as an "ideal city" that included a central square, a church, barracks, magazines, and officers' quarters, housing for various classes of citizens, and monumental walls and gates.
		That Neuf-Brisach still survives today, largely untouched by later conflicts, is evidence of the efficacy of Vauban's defensive system.
	www.nga.gov /exhibitions/2000/baroque/indepth6.shtm (202 words)

	H-France Reviews
		Nonetheless, throughout the eighteenth century, Vauban’s work, or perceptions of his work, became the canon for military fortification and was vigorously defended by the corps.
		For example, Vauban was a crucial innovator in requiring examination in mathematics and drawing before admission to the corps.
		The marquis, an army officer and “armchair engineer,” criticized the older ideas of military architecture attributed to Vauban, proposing the elimination of bastions and their replacement by a perpendicular trace, increased cannon covered by casements, multiple story gun towers, and a ring of smaller forts surrounding a major fortification.
	www.h-france.net /vol5reviews/baxter2.html (2321 words)

	Le Patio Vauban & Cap Vauban - IN ENGLISH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The architecture is in the contemporary style, with simple, flowing lines which enable "Cap Vauban" to fit harmoniously into this desirable area.
		The proximity to Port Vauban will be particularly evident from the apartments looking onto the Avenue Saint-Roch, which will have a view of the docks.
		A room or rooms situated in Building A of the "Patio Vauban" complex will be made available to the condominium for a caretaker or security guard.
	www.premier.fr /Programmes/programme/section.md/909800/956 (2139 words)

	Residence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thus a new idea of the fortification was born and was created by Italians in 1530: that places strong whose very thick bastions could resist to these new murderous shootings: the fortified city were born.
		t is also in Bazoches that Vauban wrote a good number of works lot of not only the military life, arms and fortifications, but also a multitude others subjects (agriculture, forests, currencies, sciences. ..) that he himself entitled himself, not without humor, his Idleness.
		Thus, strenghened by is matured experience of eight centuries of History and in direct plug with present realitic since its recent opening to the public (1997), the château de Bazoches come near the third millennium by entering full foot in the modern world the means of the Internet.
	www.chateau-bazoches.com /sommaire_englisch/Residence/residence.html (466 words)

	Antibes Juan-les-Pins travel: Visit, Maps, Port Vauban, Napoleon Bonaparte, Fort Carre , Markets, Museums, Fun, ...
		The Port Vauban, created in the early 1970's in its modern iteration, includes a guaranteed 99 places for professional fishermen.
		The fishing boats are located at the western edge of the port, closest to the arched gateway into the old town, and handy for the fresh-fish stands on the quai.
		The 16th-century Fort Carré is a massive, star-shaped fortress on a promontory overlooking the Port Vauban.
	www.beyond.fr /villages/antibes.html (1369 words)

	From my French window » Alsace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Neuf-Brisach was built by Vauban, one of the greatest military engineers of all time.
		Vauban is responsible for the covered bridges located on the outskirts of La Petite France in Strasbourg.
		Vauban, also, built the Vauban barrage located just near the covered bridges.
	myfrenchwindow.com /?cat=14 (2841 words)

	Saint Leger Vauban
		It has a population of 500 of whom 70 are Benedictine monks, staying at the Pierre-qui-Vire abbey.
		There is a primary school with 40 pupils aged from 6 to 11, a garage, a bar, a hotel, a restaurant, many guest-houses and a museum, Maison Vauban, dealing with the life and work of Vauban.
		Marc Hénard, like Vauban, was a fully accomplished man : he was an architect, a sculptor, he painted stained-glass windows and worked with enamels.
	www.vaubanecomusee.org /anglais_stlegervauban.htm (311 words)

	Caterine Vaubaun - Author of "If Not Now" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yet in the acceptance of this infinite misery lives the liberation that is Vaubanism.
		She reminds me of Ayn Rand – we are what we make of ourselves – period.
		Vauban’s classic remains a bright beacon in the tradition of other unsentimental visionaries like Nietzche, Althusser, or even Ayn Rand – but unlike Rand, she fails to recognize the greatness humanity is capable of, and this relegates her to the dustbin of nihilism.
	www.caterinevauban.com (547 words)

	Vauban - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban (May 15, 1633 - March 30, 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for both his skill to design fortifications and to break through them.
		Article on Vauban at fortified-places.comde:Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
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	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Vauban (1699 words)

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